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► 成句
  [(2)よこ]  [横になる]    meaning:  lie down  rank: 1
☆ 大丈夫?横になったほうがいんじゃない? ⇨ Are you OK? Maybe you should lie down

► 名詞
  [(2)よこ]    meaning:  horizontal  rank: 1
☆ 2メートル、横5メートル ⇨ Vertically, height, 2 meters, horizontally, width, 5 meters
☆ は横にく ⇨ Crabs walk sideways
☆ 電線は横に走っている ⇨ The cables are running horizontally

  [(2)よこ]    meaning:  side  rank: 1
☆ カメラが横をいている ⇨ The camera is pointing sideways
☆ を横にいた ⇨ He put his bag on his side
☆ 彼等を横から攻撃した ⇨ They attacked the enemy from the side, flank
☆ 横から余計出すな ⇨ Don’t offer unsolicited opinion from the sidelines
☆ が横にれた ⇨ Our discussion got sidetracked

  [(2)よこ]    meaning:  peer  rank: 2
☆ は横のがりを大事にしている ⇨ He is valuing his peer network


More examples:
  • 待ち列に横入りしようとした ⇨ He tried to cut into a waiting line
  • を縦横無尽回った ⇨ The hawk flew around the sky at will
  • 公金を横領して逮捕された ⇨ He was arrested for embezzling public funds
  • コシヒカリの横綱とわれる ⇨ Koshihikari rice is called the champion of rice
  • このでは汚職が横行している ⇨ Corruption is rampant in this country
  • 彼女の横柄な態度けるせた ⇨ I saw her rude attitude and my willingness to help disappeared
  • ガソリン不足値段吊り上げが横行した ⇨ Gas price gouging was widespread due to the shortage of supply
  • 公金を横領したいがかっている ⇨ He has been accused of embezzling public fund
  • 子供頃私有地を横切って学校近道をした ⇨ When I was kid I’d trespass a private property as a shortcut to school
  • 友達彼女に横恋慕している ⇨ He is in love with his friend’s girlfriend
  • を横切った ⇨ He went across the street
  • 病院向けのを横流ししていた ⇨ He embezzled drugs for the hospital and sold them
  • あいつは横着なだ ⇨ He is a lazy bastard. He cuts corners with things
  • 彼女の横顔 ⇨ Her profile. The side view of her face
  • 行き交う突っ走って横切った ⇨ He sprinted across the road cars are going by